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"Eric Muss-Barnes is a brilliant bastard. I've spent a year of my life re-watching his youtube channel, Inkshard - a vlog from author Eric Muss-Barnes which I believe to be time well spent. I'm an avid reader and author who doesn't stray to far from gritty, dark fantasy but I decided to step out of my comfort zone and purchase The Gothic Rainbow. In all honesty I haven't finished the novel thus far, but I couldn't resist the urge to give the book, and more so the author a five star rating in the meant time. From what I've read thus far, and mind you I plan on editing this review upon completion, The Gothic Rainbow is a club owned by immortal vampires and visited by many different regulars belonging to different clicks or sects if you will. If the length of the novel intimidates you, don't be. It's an easy read and enjoyable so far. Written namely in first person, which is hard to pull off, Eric Muss-Barnes succeeds where many others fail. There's also a steady dose on sensuality which I found quite refreshing. I can't wait to finish the book and see what the sequel has in store." - Daniel L Welch. Author of Tears of Blood.


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The Gothic Rainbow Beginning Volume of the Vampire Noctuaries Eric MussBarnes 9781482082166 Books Reviews

Oh, my Goth! This independently-published novel of the Kindred world is absolutely fabulous! A first novel achievement of unbelievably realistic proportions! Okay, so it's not Anne Rice or Clive Barker, but that very noncommercial feel makes it a winner. THE GOTHIC RAINBOW has the feel of an independent horror flick shown at 1am on FRIGHT NIGHT-type horror shows. I was reminded of the indy vampire films of the late '80's, GRAVEYARD SHIFT(not the Stephen King film of same name) and
GRAVEYARD SHIFT 2 THE UNDERSTUDY. Can't wait for the sequel!
A sample passage

"I've seen you at the Rainbow a lot!" I told her.

"You have!? I've never seen You*! Well, of course, I don't know what You really look like!"

"True!"

"That's a really neat costume!"

"Thanks!"

"Where'd You get it!?"

"I had it made, for the part!"

"Oh, that's cool! Really, it's amazing!"

"How about you? Did you make that!?"

"Yeah! Well, we all did! We all helped each other!"

"Yeah!? Well, I'm glad to finally meet you after seeing you at the club so much!"

*all pronouns referring to vampires are capitalized.

Nuff said.
This is the first of two books in the Vampire Noctuaries series. The main character is the only male of a family of vampires with a die hard appreciation for the gothic industrial music scene. Much of the book revolves around this appreciation, to include scenes taking place in the underground club scene, music lyrics from goth bands embedded in the writing, and a playlist at the end of the contents of the book including goth bands. The characters also embraced other features of goth subculture, to include attire, make-up, and hair styles. Some of the characters are also depressed or experiencing a lot of teenage angst, which has been tied to the gothic subculture. I don't know how much truth there was to how accurately the goth subculture was captured in the book, but regardless, the author was able to create an atmosphere for this story from components of this subculture.

As far as the vampires go, they are violent, dark, and incredibly loyal to their family members. This violence lead to some pretty graphic, bloody scenes. It seems nowadays that authors have their own spin on the vampire novel. Therefore, I was expecting more insight into how new vampires are made, how often they have to feed, what kills them, do they have any special features/powers, etc. I didn't really feel like I got much of that with this book.

The writing style was different. The author chose to capitalize all pronouns referring to vampiric characters. This helped in terms of separating the mortals from the immortals. The book contains a lot of characters and it would not have been clear to me if they were a mortal or immortal without this type of writing. I found some parts of the novel a little winded and hard to get through. I can appreciate bringing in some philosophical ideas to better make the reader understand how characters are feeling and what they are thinking, but at times, it was a bit much.

Regardless, I still found the novel okay and would recommend it to anyone interested in the goth subculture and vampires.
"Eric Muss-Barnes is a brilliant bastard. I've spent a year of my life re-watching his youtube channel, Inkshard - a vlog from author Eric Muss-Barnes which I believe to be time well spent. I'm an avid reader and author who doesn't stray to far from gritty, dark fantasy but I decided to step out of my comfort zone and purchase The Gothic Rainbow. In all honesty I haven't finished the novel thus far, but I couldn't resist the urge to give the book, and more so the author a five star rating in the meant time. From what I've read thus far, and mind you I plan on editing this review upon completion, The Gothic Rainbow is a club owned by immortal vampires and visited by many different regulars belonging to different clicks or sects if you will. If the length of the novel intimidates you, don't be. It's an easy read and enjoyable so far. Written namely in first person, which is hard to pull off, Eric Muss-Barnes succeeds where many others fail. There's also a steady dose on sensuality which I found quite refreshing. I can't wait to finish the book and see what the sequel has in store." - Daniel L Welch. Author of Tears of Blood.